Combined closet and folding table



March 6, 1934. T. BAILEY 1,949,405

COMBINED CLOSET AND FOLDING TABLE Original Filed Feb. 20, 1932 F'J J7 all E Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Original application February 20, 1932, .Serial No. 594,319. Divided and this application January 31, 1933, Serial No. 654,511

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined closet, folding table, and seats, and

more particularly the folding table construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a table structure associated with a closet, whereby the table may be housed in the closet when not in use, and may with convenience be released and extended for use in front of the cabinet.

The invention also aims to provide improvements in the construction and arrangement of the table parts, whereby the table may be readily and conveniently folded to be housed when not in use.

In my co-pending application, Serial No. 594,319 filed February 20, 1932, of which this is a division, I have shown and described a construction involving the combination of a cabinet, folding seats, and folding table sections adapted to be enclosed within the cabinet when not in use, and extended beyond the cabinet when in use. The present invention however, is directed specifically to the cabinet and the table construction, and the detail arrangement of parts thereof.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the combined cabinet and table.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the end wall removed and parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the table sections.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the leg connection with the table section.

1 indicates a cabinet, provided with storage compartments 2, and doors 5. Each side of the storage compartments are vertical compartments 3, extending from the top to the bottom of the cabinet. Each of the compartments 3 is formed by the top, bottom, and side walls of the cabinet, and a vertical partition 4, the compartments being closed by doors 5.

Pivoted to the partitions 4 at 6 in the compartments 3, are supporting bars '7, and hinged at '7 to these bars, beyond the pivots 6, are table sections 9, each provided on one edge with a tongue and groove 10 to'interfit when the sections are extended for table use.

At the inner end of each supporting bar '7, is pivoted a link 11, to the lower end of which is pivoted a second link 12, which is pivoted at its lower end to the partition 4. Springs 13 are attached at their ends to the partitions 4, and at their opposite ends to the lower links 12, the links and springs acting to counterbalance the table sections when swung into and out of use.

In order to properly position the table sections when extended from the cabinet, short bars 14 acting as stops are secured to the partitions 4, the stops being so positioned that when the supporting bars '7 are turned down in table-forming position, the inner ends 15 will abut against the stops.

On the front of the cabinet is a ledge or flange 16, on which the inner ends of the table sections rest when in table-forming relation.

To the underside of each table section, near the outer free end of the latter, is hinged at 1? a leg 18, which fits in a transverse groove 19 in the underside of the table section, springs 18 being attached to the table sections and the legs to hold the legs in set-up position.

When the table is not in use, the sections 9-9 are tilted on their hinges, and the legs are folded on the sections, and the bars 7, sections 9-9, and legs are folded up and into the compartments, the springs 13 serving to counterbalance the weight of the parts: to facilitate manipulating the parts. When it is desired to set up the table, the bars are swung out, the table sections are tilted toward each other, and the legs are swung on their hinges. When the table sections are swung together, their meeting ends interlock through the medium of the tongue and groove construction, and the inner ends of said sections are supported on the ledge or flange, consequently the table sections are supported at both ends by the ledge and the legs.

What I claim is:

1. A combined cabinet and table construction, comprising a cabinet formed with vertical compartments, bars pivotally supported in the compartments, abutments in the compartments against which the rear ends of the bars contact when in a horizontal position, levers pivoted to the inner ends of the bars, the lowermost one of the levers pivoted to the partitions of the compartments, counterbalancing springs attached to the lowermost levers and the Walls of the com: partments, a table section hinged on each bar and adapted to form a table top when in open position, the meeting edges of the sections having tongues and grooves to form an interlock, legs hinged to the underside of the sections, and springs connected to the legs and the underside of the sections... to resiliently hold the legs in set up position.

2. A combined cabinet and table construction,

comprising a cabinet formed with a horizontal ledge and spaced apart vertical compartments, a bar pivoted in each of the compartments and adapted to extend therefrom, a table section hinged to each of the bars, the table sections when in table forming relation being supported at the ends on the ledge, and a table leg hinged to the underside of each section and adapted to be folded up against the latter, whereby the legs may be folded against the sections, the sections folded on the bars, and the legs and sections folded in vertical position in the compartments, each table section when beyond the compartment being foldable transverse the cabinet to permit the table sections to move toward each other to arrange the sections in table forming relation.

3. A combined cabinet and table construction, comprising a cabinet formed with a horizontal ledge, a bar pivoted in each compartment and adapted to extend therefrom, a table section hinged to each of the bars, the inner ends of the table sections when in table forming relation supported on the ledge, means for supporting the outer ends of the table sections, levers pivoted to the inner ends of the bars, the lowermost one of the levers pivoted to the partitions of the compartments, counter-balancing springs attached to the lowermost levers and. the walls of the compartments, the table -sections being fold- I THEODORE BAILEY. 

